This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness (> six … weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal …

This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness (> six … weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal …

to react quickly to new challenges. This paper uses the latest change in dismissal protection legislation in Germany as a …

In 2004, a section was added to the German Protection against Dismissal Act, establishing a new procedure to dismiss an …

courts but also the costs of a suit have an impact. Using West German panel data for 1991-2006, we find that the employees …' costs resulting from a suit and the legal determinants of such transfers affect the incidence of severance payments. In …

We provide empirical evidence that strong dismissal laws appear to have a positive effect on the innovative pursuits of … innovation, we identify the effect of dismissal laws by exploiting the time-series variation generated by staggered country … stringent laws governing dismissal of employees. In addition, stringent dismissal laws disproportionately influence innovation in …

In this paper we use a reform in the applicability of the Protection Against Dismissal Act or Kuendigungsschutzgesetz … the threshold. This result could reflect the presence of other institutional barriers or adjustment costs than those …